24/09/2026
š„ANNIVERSARY REMINDERš„ SOLDIER - PAUL HARKNESS from Chester but based in Hull ā sentenced to 2 years and 8 months in prison.
We stung him on the 18th June 2022, this is the case where we stung him in June and then the police stung him 5 months later. They only used the police evidence and didnāt bother to submit ours, then when the judge was sentencing, the judge only knew about the police evidence and said āsince he was caught he hasnāt done this againā and based the sentencing on that BUT didnāt know that he had been caught in June then reoffended in November. Pathetic example of our justice system.
Paul was in the army when we stung him, sending numerous photos of him in uniform in the barracks. He used this to try and impress children. He asked what he thought was a 13 year old children for indecent images. We also witnessed him going live on an app talking to loads of children and arranging to meet them.
Police went to the barracks in Hull where he was still based after we had stung him and they found 34 images in the most serious Category A, 27 in Category B and 39 in Category C. There were 102 videos in Category A, 37 in Category B and 132 in Category C. There was evidence of deliberate searching for sexual images of children.
On the 18th November 2024 at Hull Crown Court he was sentenced as follows:
2 years and 8 months imprisonment
10 years SOR
10 years SHPO
He will be out now.